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“Change of Pace” will be a few weeks of posts from Guest Blogger, Billie Jo Kaufman, Washington College of Law, at American University.
Billie Jo headed out of DC, Wednesday with her first travel stop in Frankfurt, Germany.
The importance of being a part of the alumni and development operations is becoming more of a part of our everyday life.
Here in Frankfurt, the Alumni Office furnished email addresses for the alums; an email was sent and a wonderful event at “Lemons and Limes” was had by all.
Alums always love seeing faculty. It was interesting to see where their legal reseach skills were being used and how many attendees said “they wish they would have paid more attention” or “who knew research was going to be so important”.
I’ve arrived in Turkey. Here I will be a part of the teaching faculty for our summer program.
That starts tomorrow. Today’s plan is to catch up with the time zones and prepare for class.
If any other librarian is working with a summer program - just chime right in - a different perspective is a “change of pace”. More later everyone….. Read the rest of this entry »

On this edition of The Paralegal Voice, co-hosts Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin welcome Giovanni Masucci, a Sr. Digital Forensic Examiner and the CEO/President of National Digital Forensics, Inc., to explore digital forensics and evidence. They discuss the latest technology, including surprising sources of digital evidence, how paralegals can help identify digital evidence in cases and how to prepare for digital forensics careers in litigation.

Professor Carter Bishop discusses his Arkansas Law Review article on the Low Profit LLC (L3C). To read Professor Bishops article please visit.

Millions of gallons of oil have spewed into the Gulf since an oil rig, operated by British-Petroleum (BP), exploded and later sank off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010. On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen welcomes Attorney Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., to discuss the litigation from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They look at the kind of lawsuits that could be filed and the impact this oil spill could have on the fishing industry, tourism and ultimately the environment.

It’s been a tough year for library budgets. I don’t know of any library whose acquisitions budget has kept pace with the inflation in the cost of materials, both print and digital. The budgetary situation has led to my announcing a new policy–we add no new Thomson Reuters titles in print because of what I consider to be the outrageous costs of supplementation, barring exceptional circumstances. Actually, my library is relatively lucky–we have had no layoffs–and are able to replace staff members who leave. The glass really is half full.

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In this edition of the ESI Report, host Gina Jytyla, Managing Staff Attorney in the Legal Technologies division at Kroll Ontrack, welcomes Todd Ruback, Of Counsel with DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis & Lehrer, P.C and Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director for Kroll Ontracks Secure Information Services, to discuss the benefits and burdens associated with cloud computing. In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Kroll Ontrack Legal Correspondent Kelly Kubacki explores the recent updates issued in Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. and Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc.

The North Carolina State Bar has just finished drafting a proposed Formal Ethics Opinion that allows the use of cloud computing in a law office. Attorneys and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi welcome Attorney Alice N. Mine, Senior Ethics Counsel and Assistant Executive Director for the North Carolina State Bar and Jack Newton, Co-founder and President of Clio, to look at the legal ethical issues surrounding cloud computing. They explore the proposed Formal Ethics Opinion, what it mean for lawyers and the future of cloud computing.

Gary C. Ganzi, JD ‘08, discusses ways in which to improve patent quality as well as viewing patent quality from a public policy perspective. To learn more about Suffolk Law’s IP Concentration, visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/ip/.

The terrible oil spill off Louisiana has shone a spotlight on some pretty unsavory regulatory practices at Minerals Management Services (MMS), a branch of the Department of the Interior that offers drilling permitting (who knew?). The New York Times has a strong article about just how lax the MMS had been: Read the rest of this entry »

You know the Federal Rules backwards and forwards, but its compliance with the local rules that really makes a civil litigator look like a pro to colleagues and clients. In this column, Wendy Schneider provides professionals with the tools to navigate motion practice in these busy federal courts by outlining the key provisions and highlighting the pitfalls.